# The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has announced petrol prices will drop by four-cents per litre for both 93 and 95-octane, effective from Wednesday. Diesel prices will also fall, with decreases of 56- to 57-cents per litre depending on the sulphur content. Illuminating paraffin wholesale prices drop by 37-cents per litre, while retail […]
# Chinese leader Xi Jinping made a veiled swipe at the United States as he criticized “bullying practices” and cast his country as a new leader of world governance, at a time when President Donald Trump’s foreign policy is upending the globe. The meeting is China’s biggest diplomatic event of the year, with political heavyweights […]
# Member of the steering committee of the Global Sumud Flotilla, Melanie Schweizer says preparations are underway for the largest humanitarian convoy to Gaza since the blockade began. The flotilla unites four grassroots movements, bringing doctors, lawyers, journalists, and activists together to deliver life-saving aid and challenge Israel’s blockade. Organisers stress the mission is peaceful, […]
# The MK Party has strongly condemned the ongoing crisis at state-funded Daybreak Foods, citing alleged mismanagement, worker exploitation, and non-payment of salaries. The party says employees face intimidation, threats, and stagnant provident fund contributions, while management ignores operational responsibilities. Despite 224-million-rand in public funding, workers receive only a one-thousand-500-rand stipend under a contested plan. […]
# Die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, sê Suid-Afrika se uitvoermark bly klein weens sy bek-en-klouseer-status. Steenhuisen het bevestig dat groot voerkrale produksie gestaak het, wat die voorsiening aan supermarkte, restaurante en selfs die leersektor ontwrig het. Steenhuisen het gesê die onvermoë om te slag, beïnvloed ook voedselsekerheid, veral vir armer verbruikers wat staatmaak op […]
# Die Stad Tshwane het vandag Boomplantmaand in Hammanskraal afgeskop, met Santam wat bome ter waarde van 250-duisend-rand skenk om die stad se stedelike vergroeningsprogram te ondersteun. Die projek is daarop gemik om 300-duisend-bome binne ‘n drie-jaar tydperk in townships en informele nedersettings te plant. Zintle Mahlati van die stad vra inwoners en organisasies om […]
# Sokker: Die Duitse klub Bayer Leverkusen het sy hoofafrigter, Erik ten Hag, afgedank na slegs twee Bundesliga-wedstryde. Ten Hag, wat in Oktober verlede jaar deur die Engelse span Manchester United afgedank is, het in Mei ‘n kontrak tot 2027 onderteken en die leisels oorgeneem by Xabi Alonso, wat na die Spaanse reus Real Madrid […]
# Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen says South Africa’s export market remains small due to its foot-and-mouth disease status. Steenhuisen confirmed that major feedlots halted production which disrputed supply to supermarkets, restaurants, and even the leather sector. Steenhuisen said the inability to slaughter also affects food security, particularly poorer consumers relying on affordable products like heads […]
# Soccer: Bayer Leverkusen have sacked manager Erik ten Hag after just two Bundesliga matches in charge. Fired by Manchester United last October, Ten Hag signed a contract until 2027 in May, taking over as the successor to Xabi Alonso, who moved to Real Madrid. Club CEO Fernando Carro said the decision was “painful, but […]
